+SocialGood
+SocialGood is a global community of innovators, social entrepreneurs, and thought leaders united around a shared vision: that today’s connected generation can leverage technology and new media to help create a better world. An initiative of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Case Foundation, Caterpillar, Cisco, Enactus, Mashable, the Rockefeller Foundation, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Foundation, and the 92Y, +SocialGood’s mission is to inspire collaboration across sectors, geographical boundaries, and issue silos through its unique online social media platform and worldwide events.
Since its launch in 2013, the +SocialGood online community has grown to over 60,000 members, fans, and followers from 148 countries. The social network features four main topic areas: Share Your Story for highlighting successful programs or new calls-to-action, Ask & Answer to allow members to crowdsource knowledge on social good and technology, Find Tools for sharing the latest innovations and resources for good, and Social Good Summit information for showcasing events related to Tech for Good.
The Social Good Summit will take place September 18-19th in NYC. The conference, which examines the impact of technology and new media on social good initiatives, will feature presentations from VP Joe Biden, Ambassador Samantha Power, social advocates for Syrian refugees, the Black Lives Matter movement, and LGBTQ issues, a former child soldier, actors, musicians, journalists, and CEOs. The summit in will also connect with meetups in over 100 countries around the world (learn how to host your own here), tying together a global agenda for a better world by the year 2030.
Follow @plus_socialgood, @MashableEvents, & @PeaceTechLab for live updates.
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